Agriculture ministry employee arrested for assaulting bar employee

Police in Yokohama said Monday they have arrested a 54-year-old man who works for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on suspicion of assault after beat up an employee at a bar.

The incident occurred at around 11 p.m. Sunday at the bar in Kanazawa Ward, Fuji TV reported. According to police, the suspect, Mitsuhiro Minami got into a dispute with the employee over the bill and started punching him in the face and head. The employee suffered a cut lip and bruises to his face. Another employee called 110.

Police said Minami has denied the charged and quoted him as saying he was drunk and can’t remember anything.

Oct. 9, 2018
08:04 am JST

Oct. 9, 2018
08:14 am JST

That's not a defense to assault anywhere; it's just the perpetrator trying to get out of a potentially sticky situation.

No Court would take this "excuse" as a potential defense.

Potential defenses:

a) Self-defense

b) Defense of another, providing reasonable force was applied on both situations.

N.B. Mutually agreed "pugilatus" is a dubious defense; the other party my wish to stop half-way but you do not. Or your punches might just be bit too "convincing" to the Judge that there was no agreement after all. Therefore, don't go for this one.